Tevfik Arif in happier times, with Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump at the Trump Soho Launch on in 2007 (Holden/WireImage)

Ed. Note: In April 2012, Tevfik Arif was acquitted by a Turkish court of all charges in connection with the incident reported here. The court also found that none of the women on the yacht was under the age of 18. –Updated October 19, 2012.

A business partner of Donald Trump was charged late Friday for his role in pimping out Eastern European models for decadent sex parties aboard a Turkish yacht.

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Turkish prosecutors hit Tevfik Arif, 57, and five others with charges related to organizing a criminal gang, prostitution and human trafficking, according to media reports.

Details of the charges were not revealed because prosecutors had not drawn up an indictment. The six suspects remained in custody pending a trial, according to the reports.

The arrests came after police Tuesday raided the Savarona, a 450-foot luxury yacht moored off the coast of the city Antalya. It followed a seven-month probe into the alleged international prostitution ring.

During the raid, police rounded up nine Russian and Ukranian models - two of whom were minors - and the wealthy businessmen who allegedly shelled out $3,000 to $10,000 for the trysts. The women were deported to their homelands.